[FRIAM] [WedTech] stupidest question ever asked on wedtech

[Russell Standish]

Some people seriously use a version control system like SVN. You could
keep a SVN repository of your working directories on the portable harddrive.

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:29:39PM -0600, Robert Holmes wrote:
> I'm having success with a combination of a SimpleTech 80GB external drive
> (fits in a shirt pocket, runs off USB, $130) and Microsoft's SyncToy (one of
> the few pieces of MS software that does what it's meant to and no more).
> 
> Strictly speaking this isn't a pure backup solution: my problem is that I
> work on a couple of machines in the office and a couple at home, and I want
> to make sure that I've always got the latest version of data, programs etc.
> to hand. By syncing regularly with all these machines I avoid version
> problems plus I get a pretty robust distributed backup (also I can cycle to
> work as I'm not lugging a laptop).
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> On 5/31/06, Nicholas Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> >some months ago my tech people "rehabbed" my "old" xp machine and told me
> >to stop being such a damn fool and back up my documents more often.  So, I
> >thought I better try to do that.  So last night I tried both Iomega backup
> >and Windows back up and they didnt work.  Called the techs this morning and
> >asked for help and they said, "Oh silly you!  You  arent trying to back 
> >your
> >machine to a dvd/cd burner are you?  XP doesnt DO that!"  Silly me.
> >
> >Does anybody have a utility that backs up to CD?  Also, could some body
> >remind me of the name of the screen capture utility that you guys told me
> >about.  The "rehabb" seems to have obliterated that as well.
> >
> >Nick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Nicholas Thompson
> >nickthompson at earthlink.net
> >http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson>
> >
> >
> >
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